...now they're remaking classic novels.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14900340
Weirdly, I was thinking about this very subject on my way in to work this morning, why doesn't anyone re-write classic novels in a contemporary setting? You could say Bridget Jones was a contemporary Pride and Prejudice, but it didn't bill itself as a 'remake'.
Old novels have been riffed on many times over, re-using/re-interpretting characters (see Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Frankenstein etc...) , or lately novels are re-written with an added element, ie Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
But has this 'remake' idea been so blatant before?
Any other modern 're-tellings' that you can think of in the written form?
Any classic novels you'd like to see re-written in a modern setting?
Or does this idea make your skin crawl?